Vehicle-wheel.



' J. H. SCOTT.

VEIIIOLE WHEEL.

rrmonm1w m.nn APE.28,1907.

936,820. Patented.0ct. 12, 1909.

, MNE%ESWM' PATENI OFFICE JOHN H. sco'r'r, or JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY. j

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Ptented Oct. 12, 1909.

Application filed April 2G, 1907. Serial No. 370,377.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Jersey (.lity, in the county of Hudson and State of New J crsey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Vehicl Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in wheels, belonging-to that class of such devices in which a resilient connection between the spokes and"the rim of thewheel is efl'ected'in order that the use ot' pneunxatic or cushioned tires may be unnccessary. To this end I provide in a vehicle wheel, a hab having a series of radiating spokes secured thereto, a rim, and a cap fitting over the outer end-of each spoke having a curved spring attached intermediate its length, with its free ends connected to the rim.

Reference is to be had to the accompauying drawings forn1ing a part of this speci,

fication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

F 1gure 1 1s a side elevat1on of a veh1cle wheel embodymg my mventron; and F1g. 2

is a central cross-section of the same.

Specificll 'y described, the wheel is made up of a suitable hub B having spaced flanges between which are riveted or otherwise rigidly secured a series of radiating spokes Over the outer end of each spoke fits a cap E, preferably having inwardly-projecting ears at opposite sidesmnrl securely attached to the spokes, preferahly by the rivets F and L. The caps E are also provided with outwardlyextending curved springs D approximately semi-elliptical or crescentshaped, one spring being arranged at each side of each cap, with which it is preferably .mtegrally formed, as shown, or, if desned,

attached in any other suitable manner. These sprmgs drverge outwardly anden gage the oppos1te sales of a rim A with which they. are attached by rivets or other eqmvalcnt devices G, each r1vet, as shown ln F1 2 assin throu h alinin a ertnres in b 7 h b the corresponding extremities of opposite springs.

The rim A, in the particular form of the invention illustrated, is shown to be made wedge-shaped in cross-section, with the enlarged portion arranged outwardly or pe ripherally to eonform to the inclination of the springs.

I have shown the rim A as constructed with a dove-tail groove or channel in its circumference for receiving the counterpart portion of a solid tire J, ot rubber or other suitable elastic material. This, however, I do not claim as new or as' forming a part of my invention, as Irecognize that other types of tires might be used with equally as good results, it ordinarilyonly being necessary that the circumference of the rim have a groove or its equivalent for re tam1hg the t1re 1n place. By constructmg' the Springs D to project at an inclination or dverge outwardly, the resilency between the spokes and rim is not impaired, while on the other hand the connection between these parts is materially strengthened.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: v

1. In a vehicle wheel, the combination of ahub having a series of spokes, a rim, and curved springs arranged in pairs, each pair having a cap intermediate of its length fit ting over the outer end of oneof the spokes, with the ends of one of the springs o each pair attached to one of the side faces of the rim, and the ends of the other spring of each pair attached to the other side face of.the nm.

2. In a vehicle wheel, the combination of a hub having a series of radiating spokes secured thereto, a rim, and a cap fitting over the outer end of each spoke having 'curved springs in connection therewith, one at each side thereof, with the s rings of each cap diverging outwardly an each connected at both endsto the rim.

3. In a vehicle wheel, the combination of a series of spokes rigidly connected to other, a cap secured over the outer end o each spoke, a rim approximately wedge-shaped in cross-section, with the enlarged portion thereof arranged outwardly, and springs carried at the Opposite sides of each cap and embracingtl opposite sides of the rim and lying in planes parallel thereto. Signed at city of New York in the county of New York and State of New York this ninth day of April A. 1907. JOHN H. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

GEORGE FINK, Jomv R. MEINERS. 

